Container wrapper with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus for making same

ABSTRACT

An outer wrapper 2 for a container 1 which includes and integral tear tape 12. The tear tape is formed by cutting two sets 14, 15 of score lines extending partially through the thickness of the wrapper material. The tear tape can be patterned to conform to the parting line 8, 10 along which the container opens, including oblique segments, thus allowing the container to be opened without interference from the parts of the wrapper which remain in contact with the container subsequent to removal of the tear tape.



